Thank you to the nearly one thousand writers who entered The WeScreenplay Feature Contest in 2016. Your hard work, talent, and dedication to storytelling shines through in the entries we received. We're so honored to be entrusted with your work which is why every entry is read at least twice and we make all scores transparent to the writer.
This year we're advancing the top 70 entries to the Semi-Finalists round for a 4th read – normally it'd only be 50, but we just couldn't narrow it down; all the scripts are so great. If your script is advancing it means that your first three judges agreed that this is an excellent screenplay that deserves to be seen. Crafting a script that impacts three readers is extremely impressive, and we're so excited for these writers! They're on the path toward amazing mentorships with the Director of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the VP of Development for Morgan Freeman, and a Director of Development for Brookstreet Pictures. Not only that, but we're giving away over $20,000 in cash, prizes, coverage, and more.
However, there are excellent scripts that didn't advance. Just because your script isn't on this list doesn't at all mean that our judges didn't enjoy the read – in fact, we're certain that certain scripts not advancing will bring their writer success in the very near future. Thank you for entering your script and always keep writing.
Finally – we'd like to encourage everyone to check out the Diverse Voices Competition presented by WeScreenplay. This contest's winners have signed with management companies and optioned scripts, plus $3 from every entry goes to the Books for Kids Foundation. This contest's missions is to provide a platform for promoting and encouraging diverse voices and stories.
And now, the WeScreenplay Feature Contest Semi-Finalists:
| 3D At The Palace written by Kent Wilson |
| A Clockwork Testament written by Bill Walker |
| American Dream written by Charles Ancelle |
| Angel Quake written by Terry Hayman |
| Ash Wednesday written by Michael Grogan |
| Band in a Van written by Scott Finlayson |
| Becoming Bessie written by Paloma Martinez |
| Binaries written by Allen Colombo |
| Black Swan Records written by Nia Ashley |
| Blackout.com written by Ruben Bush III |
| Blue Orchid written by Jusrin Stoeckel |
| Blue Sky and I written by Dumford King |
| Buzz Cut Season written by Tatiana Bears |
| Caliber written by Kenlon Clark |
| Chances written by Jeff Trently & Anthony Stitt |
| Chocolate Potato written by Neil o'neil |
| Closer Than Love written by Morris Clark |
| Coincoin written by Charles (Sonny) Richardson |
| Cold Abandon written by Matthew OConnell |
| Collectors' Edition written by Sean Freese |
| Crashed written by Rick Mele |
| Curse of the Blue Nile written by Richard Bailey |
| Darlings written by Aaron Yeung |
| Deterrent written by Matthew Coleman |
| Diminuendo written by Paul Gross |
| Finding Hitler written by Ron Mancini |
| Fire on Ice written by Courtney Suttle |
| Forged written by Kenlon Clark |
| Gamble written by Kyle Mumford |
| Gauguin's Garden written by Brandon Rosin |
| Grace written by Doris B Gill |
| Guns and Grace written by Odin Ozdil |
| Hemophilia written by Guy Polin |
| Immunity written by Kenlon Clark |
| inspired written by C.R. Night |
| Little Hell written by Amanda Norman |
| Mesa 1966 written by Orson Scott Card |
| Military Affairs written by Elizabeth Pfeiffer |
| Mocha Dick written by Laura Kelber |
| Nightfall written by Lisa Boyton |
| On the Sidelines written by Sam Greisman |
| Outside the Statute written by Leslie Wood |
| Pegasus written by Michael Valente |
| Race Music written by Mark Herder |
| Red Flag written by Robert Rhyne |
| Red Moon written by Jesus Celaya |
| Shelter written by Adam Foster |
| Shumu written by Evan Cathcart |
| Spoon Fed written by Nicholas Jones |
| Stage Four written by Jerome Velinsky |
| The Adventures of the Velvet Cat written by Bob Canning |
| The Black Cat written by Chris Bancel |
| The Coming of the Road written by Gregory Houston |
| The Falling written by Martin Blinder |
| The Flower Hunter written by Danny Sheehy |
| The Grocer written by Michael Bierman |
| The Last Execution written by Tom Vecchio |
| The Last Indian War written by Michael Graf |
| The Last Line written by Brandon Maynard |
| The Lean written by Pearse Lehane |
| The Legacy Intrigue written by Jaime Rudolph |
| The Legend of William Tell written by J. Ian Sample |
| The Lodger written by June Escalante |
| The Poacher written by Travis Opgenorth |
| The Tunnel written by Adam Rose |
| The Winners written by Jabari Howard |
| This Old Man written by Nicholas Oktaras |
| Titus Maxwell's Last Case written by Brendon Slee |
| Untitled Copacabana Project written by Jessica Pappas |
| V written by Roy Marsh |
| Waiting written by Margaret Benson |
| With All Deliberate Speed written by Marcus Herzberg |
| Wraith written by Eric Obame |
